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Canada passes legislation to ban social media for children under 16
2026-06-11 17:35:59 / BOTA
The Canadian government on Wednesday introduced a new digital safety bill that would ban social media for children under 16 with exceptions for platforms that meet certain safety standards, months after Australia passed the world's first social media ban for young people.
The bill also aims to make artificial intelligence chatbots safer by setting up a digital regulator to set safety standards, a government official said.
His presentation to Parliament comes weeks after families affected by one of the country's worst mass shootings sued OpenAI, claiming the company knew the suspected killer was planning the attack on ChatGPT but failed to warn police.
In December, Australia became the first country in the world to ban social media for children under 16.
A month after the law was introduced, social media companies collectively deactivated the accounts of nearly 5 million teenagers.
France, Denmark and Poland are also considering tightening rules around children's use of social media, while Greece announced in April that it would ban access for those under the age of 15 from January 2027.
Government officials at a technical conference said it could take a year for the bill to be approved and 18 months to set up the digital regulator once it is approved.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a slim majority in Parliament, which will soon be in summer recess.
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